Find the sum of all the terms in the n-th row of the given series

Find the sum of all the terms in the nth row of the series given below.

               1  2
            3  4  5  6
         7  8  9 10 11 12
     13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
    ..........................
   ............................
             (so on)

Examples:

Input : n = 2
Output : 18
terms in 2nd row and their sum
sum = (3 + 4 + 5 + 6) = 18

Input : n = 4
Output : 132

Recommended: Please solve it on “PRACTICE” first, before moving on to the solution.

Naive Approach: Using two loops. Outer loop executes for i = 1 to n times. Inner loop executes for j = 1 to 2 * i times. Counter variable k to keep track of the current term in the series. When i = n, the values of k are accumulated to the sum.
Time Complexity: O(k), where k is the total number of terms from the beginning till the end of the nth row.

Efficient Approach: The sum of all the terms in the nth row can be obtained by the formula:

 Sum(n) = n * (2 * n² + 1)

The proof for the formula is given below:

Prerequisite:

Sum of n terms of an Arithmetic Progression series with a as the first term and d as the common difference is given as:
```
   Sum = (n * [2*a + (n-1)*d]) / 2
```
Sum of 1st n natural numbers is given as:
```
   Sum = (n * (n + 1)) / 2
```

Proof:


Let the number of terms from the beginning 
till the end of the nth row be p.
Here p = 2 + 4 + 6 + .....n terms
For the given AP series, a = 2, d = 2.
Using the above formula for the sum of
n terms of the AP series, we get,

     p = n * (n + 1)

Similarly, let the number of terms from the 
beginning till the end of the (n-1)th row be q.
Here q = 2 + 4 + 6 + .....n-1 terms
For the given AP series, a = 2, d = 2.
Using the above formula for the sum of
n-1 terms of the AP series, we get,

     q = n * (n - 1)

Now,
Sum of all the terms in the nth row 
           = sum of 1st p natural numbers - 
             sum of 1st q natural numbers
    
           = (p * (p + 1)) / 2 - (q * (q + 1)) / 2

Substituting the values of p and q and then solving
the equation, we will get,

Sum of all the terms in the nth row = n * (2 * n² + 1)

C++

// C++ implementation to find the sum of all the 
// terms in the nth row of the given series 
#include <bits/stdc++.h> 
  
using namespace std; 
  
// function to find the required sum 
int sumOfTermsInNthRow(int n) 
{ 
    // sum = n * (2 * n^2 + 1) 
    int sum = n * (2 * pow(n, 2) + 1); 
    return sum; 
} 
  
// Driver program to test above 
int main() 
{ 
    int n = 4; 
    cout << "Sum of all the terms in nth row = "
         << sumOfTermsInNthRow(n); 
    return 0; 
} 

Java

// Java implementation to find the sum of all the 
// terms in the nth row of the given series 
  
import static java.lang.Math.pow; 
  
class Test { 
    // method to find the required sum 
    static int sumOfTermsInNthRow(int n) 
    { 
        // sum = n * (2 * n^2 + 1) 
        int sum = (int)(n * (2 * pow(n, 2) + 1)); 
        return sum; 
    } 
  
    // Driver method 
    public static void main(String args[]) 
    { 
        int n = 4; 
        System.out.println("Sum of all the terms in nth row = "
                           + sumOfTermsInNthRow(n)); 
    } 
} 

Python3

# Python 3 implementation to find  
# the sum of all the terms in the 
# nth row of the given series 
from math import pow
  
# function to find the required sum 
def sumOfTermsInNthRow(n): 
      
    # sum = n * (2 * n^2 + 1) 
    sum = n * (2 * pow(n, 2) + 1) 
    return sum
  
# Driver Code 
if __name__ == '__main__': 
    n = 4
    print("Sum of all the terms in nth row =",  
                   int(sumOfTermsInNthRow(n))) 
  
# This code is contributed 
# by Surendra_Gangwar 

C#

// C# implementation to find the sum of all the 
// terms in the nth row of the given series 
using System; 
  
class Test { 
    // method to find the required sum 
    static int sumOfTermsInNthRow(int n) 
    { 
        // sum = n * (2 * n^2 + 1) 
        int sum = (int)(n * (2 * Math.Pow(n, 2) + 1)); 
        return sum; 
    } 
  
    // Driver method 
    public static void Main() 
    { 
        int n = 4; 
        Console.Write("Sum of all the terms in nth row = "
                      + sumOfTermsInNthRow(n)); 
    } 
} 
  
// This code is contributed by vt_m. 

PHP

<?php 
// PHP implementation to find  
// the sum of all the terms in 
// the nth row of the given series 
  
// function to find the required sum 
function sumOfTermsInNthRow($n) 
{ 
      
    // sum = n * (2 * n^2 + 1) 
    $sum = $n * (2 * pow($n, 2) + 1); 
    return $sum; 
} 
  
    // Driver Code 
    $n = 4; 
    echo "Sum of all the terms in nth row = ",  
                        sumOfTermsInNthRow($n); 
  
// This code is contributed by ajit 
?> 

Output:

Sum of all the terms in nth row = 132

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Recommended: Please solve it on “PRACTICE” first, before moving on to the solution.

C++

Java

Python3

C#

PHP

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